Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-17
HOLY HORROR.
In the Shadow of Five Churches Mil
Iionaire Banker Rawson is Rid
died by His Son.
"Thou Shsls Not KILL" s'Th0u Shall
Not Commit Adultery" Stay MOI
The Fearful Deeds.
she Branded MY Mother SIS an AduIteress,
My Sister as q Bastard and Slew
Him rs a Dog
AT THE CHURCH DOOR.

people at the church door of one of the
most fashionable congregations in Chi
cago gray-haired millionaire bank pres
ldenE wss remorselessly shot down to-day
| By his son to shield woman charged
with adultery. The woman WAS
no less person than Mrs.
Meckie Rawson, wife OF the
| banker shot and mother of the essailsnt.
The banker is Stephen A. Rawson, pres
ident of the Union Trust Company Of
Chicago; William Lee, aged seventeen is
mis- stepson. Banker Rawson, with five
bullets in his body, and apparently IN g
dying condition, was hastily picked Off
the blood spat:ered curb, and bundled
into carriage that had been waiting for
the wealthy worshipers. Young Lee,
with his empty,
STILL SMOKING PISTOL
In hand, was hurriedly thrown into
g strikinglY different conveyance, the
| blue painted, commonplace wagon Of
the nearest patrol that came rafting
around the corner. Away went the car
risge in one direction, off In another
dashed the patroI, while around the
streets gaped the horror stricken attend
ants Of the five great churches in the
vicinity just pouring out from this morn
ing's prayers to Him who commanded,
"thou shalt not KILL" "thou shalt not
commit adultery" Slowly the crowd
began to regain their senses and recall
in detail the fearful circumstance
Of the crime. Young Lee had
been seen for half an hour before pacing
the stone sidewalk on Ashland avenue,
fronting the Third Presbyterian church.
This is the church of which DR.. Withrow,
1recently from Boston, is pastor, and
which became widely known as the charge
of Dr..5Kitridge, now New York. OF this
Ichurch Banker RaRson has long been 8
leading light, and was still an honored
member, Notwithstanding he had been
charged by his wife with perjury and
other offenses enough to make him, If
4rae, 8 verltable
WHITED SEPULCHRE.
He on the otner hand alleged that she al
though prominent in society and beau
tiful woman in appearance, was really O
disreputable, basphemous,
DEYIIIsH TEMPERED
! adventures who coveted only his money.
For year or more they have been fight
| ing each ether in the divorce courts and
within g week the banker has filed against
her the additional charge of adultery.
Little attention had been paid Young Lee
as he walked to and fro past the church.
lie vas lost in the crowd when the gsily
dressed congregation begsn to come out,
among them the we'll known form of the
bank president MIR. Rswson was about
TO step to his carriage, when breaking the
sweet, msjestic tone Of the organ came
| the sharp
CRACK OF THE REVOLVER,
| followed by deep groan. An earth
quake could scarcely have produced more
confusion among the throngs Of gentle
men, ladies and children and the Iorg
tiers of carriages and coachmen that
lined the sidewalk. a din Of screams be-
gan, but subsidized almost instantly when
the slender, well dressed, youthful Lee
WAS seen to quickly but coollY steady his
shining pistol with his left hand, while
with his right he
AGAIN AND AGAIN PULLED
the fatal trigger. With the sitting cry
s'pm killed." the aged millionsire fell
PROSTATE on the stone curb and upturned
his pale and agonizad face TO the cold, set
| countenance OF his stepson Not till the fire
chambers of the pistol had been emptied
into the old mans body did Lee seem TO
breathe. The crowd seemed to be root ed
to the stones in horror helpless until the
police came running to the scene.
Then Lee, turaing to an officer,
hoarsely whispered, "Take me to
jail quickly" It seemed scarcely
moment until the patrol wagon bore
him away.
When the banker reached home six
doctors had been called. They probed for
the bullets and found all had entered into
bis legs and arms save one, which entered
the small of his back aud, as near as
could be judged, had plunged through
the abdomen, and it his life was saved it
would be little short of q miracle.
At the police station Lee AWas asking q
reporter to carry the neWsto his mother,
Mrs. Rawson. She occupied apart
ments at the Continental hotel
and the reporter sent up word that he
had extremely important business and
was presented without delay to q lady in
the prime of life, the most noticeable fea-
ture of whom was pair Of
| SWAPPING BLACK EYES.
| She was clad in tignt-ftting dark dress.
"Well, what business have your" said
she.
"Then you have heard nothing Of your
SOM"
"No; what is it?"
swell, he has got into little trouble;
he -"
$50 on; what has he done?"
swell, he's arrested; he had some
| trouble with Mr. Rswson.n
"Go on and tell me what he did; don't
keep me in suspense"
"He shot him % shut it is not serious, ~
quickly added the reporter, as Mrs. Raw
son closed her eyes and
TREMBLED WITH EXCITEMENT.
The last portion Of the sentence caused
her eyelids to raise, and she brought her
head up with jerk.
"Oh, don't be alarmed; 1 sm all right;
| go on and tell me sll.n
"Fhst's about all; he shot him several
! times"
1 SIS he desd2" eagerly broke in the
Il woman.
"No, but he is probably fatally hurt; he
can't liye."
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